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JCB expects spending via its cards to grow 20% this year
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/03/2024
» JCB International Thailand, a Japan-based credit card firm, wants to broaden its reach among affluent cardholders in the Thai market to enhance its growth this year.
BBL offers QR payments in Japan
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/03/2019
» Bangkok Bank (BBL) plans to start offering cross-border payments via standardised QR code in Japan later this month and aims to extend digital payment service across Asean in the next phase.
SCB offers QR payment at noodle franchise shop
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/01/2019
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is offering credit card-based QR code payment at local noodle franchise shop Chysee Mee Kiew, providing a credit line of up to 45 days -- unusual among most QR code e-payments, which draw from savings accounts.
SCBT upbeat after retail banking exit
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/06/2017
» Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) (SCBT) is aiming for a high single-digit top line growth under its five-year plan after its exit from retail banking to focus on wholesale banking.
JCB banks on Japan craze for big surge
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 29/02/2016
» JCB, the Japan-based credit card provider, seeks to nearly triple its card numbers in Thailand in the next two years under a partnership strategy, says managing director Naoya Michishima.
Thailand to act as JCB expansion hub
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/06/2014
» The huge growth potential of frontier markets in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is attracting foreign investors, particularly Japanese, to use Thailand as a base for making inroads there, and the Tokyo-based JCB International (Thailand) is jumping on the bandwagon.
Visa flexes in promising Myanmar
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/04/2014
» Spending growth via Visa credit cards in Thailand could be the lowest in Southeast Asia this year, adding to signs that the country’s economy is reeling.
At Aeon, high hopes for Asean
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/03/2014
» Aeon Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Plc (AEONTS) expects the net profit contribution of its four Asean subsidiaries to double in the next 3-5 years from the current 5% as the business diversifies.
Visa banks on Myanmar
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 19/08/2013
» Visa International expects the number of Myanmar merchants accepting its credit card for transactions will climb to between 5,000 and 6,000 in 3-5 years.
BAY opens Laos venture
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/05/2013
» Krungsri Consumer, an unsecured-loan lender under Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), plans to commence its auto and personal loan joint venture in Laos in July.